# To allow machines within your network to synchronize
# their clocks with your server, but ensure they are
# not allowed to configure the server or used as peers
# to synchronize against, uncomment this line.
#
#restrict 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify nopeer notrap

This is a bit of a hack, but you you could simply disable ntp at boot, and try putting something like: "ntpdate tick.usno.navy.mil" in /etc/conf.d/local.start. Local should run last, so if wicd is starting, it should work..._________________To look without without looking within is like looking without without looking at all.

You're sure that your network is up and running and provides valid DNS responses when ntp is starting ?

Thank you for asking that question, because I could not be sure until I tested it at that point in the boot process.

Well as it turned out in my case I had a script that setup my bridge (br0) and added the tap devices, it was launching prior to ntp-client and there was not enough time for it to settle for ntp-client to be happy, I forced it to launch earlier in the boot order and all is well again for me at the moment.

You might try adding the "after" command to push it further down to say something like after samba in the depend() clause in ntp-client or just add sleep 5 or how many seconds you need for the network to become active in the beginning of ntp-client or the end of wicd.

I don't know the openrc init system well enough to know if there are any options that wait for the network to be hot.

Thank you!
That did the trick. _________________"Dear Enemy: may the Lord hate you and all your kind, may you be turned orange in hue, and may your head fall off at an awkward moment."
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I don't know your problem, but I've found a better solution for my problem.

I don't use wicd _________________"Dear Enemy: may the Lord hate you and all your kind, may you be turned orange in hue, and may your head fall off at an awkward moment."
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